Jeremiah 4:27

27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; ¹yet I will not make a full end.

Jeremiah 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:27

For thus hath the Lord said
What follows is an explanation and confirmation of the above vision the prophet had: the whole land shall be desolate;
as he had seen; it should not be manured, ploughed, and sown, or bring forth fruit; and should be without inhabitants, at least have very few: yet I will not make a full end;
there should be some inhabitants, who, with those that should hereafter return from captivity, would repeople it, rebuild the temple, and restore it to its pristine form and order, both as to things natural, civil, and ecclesiastical; but though a full end of them, as a church and people, was not to be made now by the Chaldeans, yet it would be; as it has been done by the Romans, in the times of Vespasian and Hadrian.

Jeremiah 4:27 In-Context

25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.

26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the Lord, before his fierce anger.

27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.

28 “For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be dark; for I have spoken; I have purposed; I have not relented, nor will I turn back. ”

29 At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them.

Cross References

• 1. 4:27 ch. 5:10, 18; 30:11; 46:28; Neh. 9:31; Ezek. 11:13